Pervaiz Elahi arrested again shortly after release
- By Babar Khan -
- Sep 05, 2023
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) president Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi arrested again immediately after release, ARY News reported.
As per details, Pervaiz Elahi was released from Police lines and came outside with his lawyer Advocate Sardar Abdur Razaq in his vehicle.
The PTI president’s counsel said that he and his driver were taken out of the vehicle and Pervaiz Elahi was abducted outside the Police lines in that vehicle.
However, the police officials stated that the PTI president has been arrested by the CTD officials in the judicial complex attack case
The case was registered against Pervaiz Elahi at CTD police station on September 3 and he will be presented before the ATC tomorrow (Wednesday).
Read more: IHC suspends Pervaiz Elahi’s detention order under MPO, orders his release
Earlier today, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended the detention of PTI President Pervaiz Elahi under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance and ordered his immediate release.
Former Punjab chief minister Pervaiz Elahi had challenged his arrest under MPO in Islamabad High Court. He pleaded with the court to strike down his arrest under MPO and order his immediate release.
The IHC also ordered the former Punjab chief minister to appear before court in the next hearing and refrained him from giving statements until the next hearing.
Elahi was among several PTI leaders who was booked under the MPO amid the crackdown against the party in the aftermath of the May 9 riots.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on August 14 had arrested Elahi over failing to provide information to the accountability bureau in assets beyond the means case against him, his son Monis Elahi and other family members.